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qwen3.5-9b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit

Good

Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

gemma4:26b-nvfp4

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
77 vs 85
Hardware Fit
67 vs 80
Quality Score
81 vs 87

Hardware

qwen3.5-9b-mlx gemma4:26b-nvfp4
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1414
RAM64 GB48 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.4.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-9b-mlx gemma4:26b-nvfp4
Tokens/sec20.365.7
First chunk4216 ms233 ms
TTFT4.2 s30.0 s
Load timeN/A5.0 s
Memory usage5.6 GB15.2 GB
Memory %9%32%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

Speed
29/50
TTFT
8/20
Memory
30/30

gemma4:26b-nvfp4

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
14/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

gemma4:26b-nvfp4

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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